Talladega, Ala. ? Jack Roush’s team will keep racing.

Geoff Smith, general manager of Roush Racing, said the team would participate in racing events this weekend as doctors worked to save the life of Roush, who was critically injured after the small plane he was piloting crashed Friday in southeast Alabama.

“All of us have the understanding that in our lives that we are to go forward and compete this weekend, which is what we’re all prepared to do and have been practicing,” Smith said.

The longtime NASCAR entrant had two cars entered in Saturday’s Busch Series event and four running in today’s Aaron’s 499.

All four Roush drivers qualified Friday for today’s race, with Mark Martin 19th, Kurth Busch 20th, Jeff Burton 25th and Matt Kenseth, a two-time winner this season, having to take a car-owner’s provisional for a 37th-place start in Sunday’s 43-car field.

It was a relatively disappointing showing for the reborn Roush team, which endured a rough 2001 season but goes into today’s race with three drivers in the top 10 in points and Burton 11th.

In Friday’s qualifying, rookie Jimmie Johnson won his second pole of the season with a lap of 186.532 mph, leading a sweep of the top four spots by Chevrolets.

Robby Gordon, Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won the race at this track last fall, followed Johnson. Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton, Jeff’s older brother, was fifth in a Dodge, while rookie Ryan Newman in eighth was the fastest of the Ford drivers.